| Prasanna Ranaweera | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
| Constituency Mp1: | Gampaha District |
| Parliament1: | Sri Lankan |
| Term Start1: | 1 September 2015 |
| Majority1: | 112,395 Preferential Votes |
| Nationality: | Sri Lankan |
| Party: | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna |
| Profession: | politician |
Bulathwalage Prasanna Ranaweera is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He was elected from Gampaha District in 2015, representing the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.[1] [2] He was suspended from parliament for a week on 5 May 2016 by the speaker over connection with the tense situation which erupted.[3]
Due to unruly behaviour in the parliament he was summoned by the Parliament Privilege committee in 2018.[4]
During the 2018 Sri Lankan constitutional crisis, Ranaweera allegedly slapped a police officer inside the parliament. Video clips circulating on social media also showed him pouring liquid on the seat of the Speaker of the Parliament Karu Jayasuriya[5] [6] prior to his arrival in to the chamber.